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1979 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
85-76, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 770 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77
Manager: Les Moss (27-26), Dick Tracewski (2-0) and Sparky Anderson (56-50)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,630,929 (7th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
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1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Lance Parrish	23	143	548	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	6	7	49	105	.276	.343	.456	.800	112	225	15	2	3	1	2
2	1B	Jason Thompson*	24	145	569	492	58	121	16	1	20	79	2	0	70	90	.246	.338	.404	.742	98	199	15	1	1	5	8
3	2B	Lou Whitaker*	22	127	520	423	75	121	14	8	3	42	20	10	78	66	.286	.395	.378	.774	108	160	10	1	14	4	2
4	SS	Alan Trammell	21	142	520	460	68	127	11	4	6	50	17	14	43	55	.276	.335	.357	.691	85	164	6	0	12	5	0
5	3B	Aurelio Rodriguez	31	106	363	343	27	87	18	0	5	36	0	2	11	40	.254	.277	.350	.626	66	120	9	1	5	3	0
6	LF	Steve Kemp*	24	134	570	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	5	6	68	70	.318	.398	.543	.941	149	266	13	2	2	8	2
7	CF	Ron LeFlore	31	148	654	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	78	14	52	95	.300	.355	.415	.770	105	249	16	0	0	2	2
8	RF	Jerry Morales	30	129	482	440	50	93	23	1	14	56	10	4	30	56	.211	.260	.364	.624	65	160	15	2	2	8	0
9	DH	Rusty Staub*	35	68	288	246	32	58	12	1	9	40	1	0	32	18	.236	.331	.402	.733	95	99	9	5	1	4	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	RF	Champ Summers*	33	90	290	246	47	77	12	1	20	51	7	6	40	33	.313	.414	.614	1.028	171	151	4	3	0	1	4
11	UT	John Wockenfuss	30	87	254	231	27	61	9	1	15	46	2	2	18	40	.264	.320	.506	.827	117	117	9	2	1	2	0
12	OF	Lynn Jones	26	95	233	213	33	63	8	0	4	26	9	6	17	22	.296	.349	.390	.739	97	83	5	1	1	1	0
13	IF	Tom Brookens	25	60	208	190	23	50	5	2	4	21	10	3	11	40	.263	.309	.374	.683	82	71	3	2	4	1	0
14	MI	Mark Wagner	25	75	171	146	16	40	3	0	1	13	3	2	16	25	.274	.341	.315	.657	77	46	2	0	7	2	0
15	3B	Phil Mankowski*	26	42	113	99	11	22	4	0	0	8	0	0	10	16	.222	.286	.263	.548	48	26	3	0	1	3	4
16	DH	Al Greene*	24	29	70	59	9	8	1	0	3	6	0	1	10	15	.136	.257	.305	.562	50	18	1	0	0	1	1
17	UT	Ed Putman	25	21	43	39	4	9	3	0	2	4	0	1	4	12	.231	.302	.462	.764	101	18	1	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Kirk Gibson*	22	12	39	38	3	9	3	0	1	4	3	3	1	3	.237	.256	.395	.651	71	15	0	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Dave Stegman	25	12	33	31	6	6	0	0	3	5	1	1	2	3	.194	.242	.484	.726	89	15	0	0	0	0	0
20	UT	Dave Machemer	28	19	30	26	8	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	.192	.276	.231	.507	37	6	0	0	1	0	0
21	UT	Tim Corcoran*	26	18	27	22	4	5	1	0	0	6	1	1	4	2	.227	.333	.273	.606	64	6	1	0	0	1	1
22	UT	Rick Peters#	23	12	25	19	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	3	.263	.417	.263	.680	87	5	0	0	1	0	0
23	UT	Dan Gonzales*	25	7	18	18	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	.222	.222	.278	.500	33	5	2	0	0	0	0
24	C	Milt May*	28	6	12	11	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.455	.788	108	5	1	0	0	0	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Dave Rozema	22	0	0	0					0
26	P	Dan Petry	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Bruce Taylor	26	0	0	0					0
28	P	Jack Billingham	36	0	0	0					0
29	P	Jack Morris	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Sheldon Burnside	24	0	0	0					0
31	P	Milt Wilcox	29	0	0	0					0
32	P	Fernando Arroyo	27	0	0	0					0
33	P	Bruce Robbins*	19	0	0	0					0
34	P	Mark Fidrych	24	0	0	0					0
35	P	Pat Underwood*	22	0	0	0					0
36	P	Mike Chris*	21	0	0	0					0
37	P	Steve Baker	22	0	0	0					0
38	P	Kip Young	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Aurelio Lopez	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	John Hiller	36	0	0	0					0
41	P	Dave Tobik	26	0	0	0					0
		Team Totals	26.5	161	6080	5375	770	1446	221	35	164	729	176	86	575	814	.269	.339	.415	.754	100	2229	140	22	56	52	28
		Rank in 14 AL teams				12	5	9	12	7	4		2	2	4	3	8	6	6	5		9
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Jack Morris	24	17	7	.708	3.28	27	27	0	9	1	0	197.2	179	76	72	19	59	4	113	4	1	9	806	133	1.204	8.2	0.9	2.7	5.1	1.92
2	SP	Milt Wilcox	29	12	10	.545	4.35	33	29	1	7	0	0	196.1	201	105	95	18	73	8	109	11	0	4	854	100	1.396	9.2	0.8	3.3	5.0	1.49
3	SP	Jack Billingham	36	10	7	.588	3.30	35	19	11	2	0	3	158.0	163	74	58	13	60	11	59	7	0	6	668	132	1.411	9.3	0.7	3.4	3.4	0.98
4	SP	Pat Underwood*	22	6	4	.600	4.59	27	15	4	1	0	0	121.2	126	64	62	17	29	1	83	2	0	3	508	95	1.274	9.3	1.3	2.1	6.1	2.86
5	SP	Dan Petry	20	6	5	.545	3.95	15	15	0	2	0	0	98.0	90	46	43	11	33	5	43	4	1	3	401	110	1.255	8.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	1.30
6	SP	Dave Rozema	22	4	4	.500	3.51	16	16	0	4	1	0	97.1	101	52	38	12	30	2	33	6	0	2	424	124	1.346	9.3	1.1	2.8	3.1	1.10
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Aurelio Lopez	30	10	5	.667	2.41	61	0	49	0	0	21	127.0	95	37	34	12	51	3	106	3	0	3	519	181	1.150	6.7	0.9	3.6	7.5	2.08
8	RP	Steve Baker	22	1	7	.125	6.64	21	12	2	0	0	1	84.0	97	63	62	13	51	2	54	6	2	7	392	66	1.762	10.4	1.4	5.5	5.8	1.06
9	RP	John Hiller*	36	4	7	.364	5.22	43	0	30	0	0	9	79.1	83	47	46	14	55	7	46	0	0	4	372	84	1.739	9.4	1.6	6.2	5.2	0.84
10	RP	Dave Tobik	26	3	5	.375	4.33	37	0	19	0	0	3	68.2	59	34	33	12	25	5	48	0	0	4	287	101	1.223	7.7	1.6	3.3	6.3	1.92
11	RP	Kip Young	24	2	2	.500	6.39	13	7	3	0	0	0	43.2	60	32	31	11	11	0	22	1	0	0	200	68	1.626	12.4	2.3	2.3	4.5	2.00
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Bruce Robbins*	19	3	3	.500	3.91	10	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	45	21	20	3	21	0	22	0	0	4	194	111	1.435	8.8	0.6	4.1	4.3	1.05
13		Mike Chris*	21	3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	0	0	0	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179	63	1.718	10.6	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.48
14		Sheldon Burnside*	24	1	1	.500	6.33	10	0	2	0	0	0	21.1	28	16	15	2	8	2	13	1	0	0	96	69	1.688	11.8	0.8	3.4	5.5	1.63
15		Bruce Taylor	26	1	2	.333	4.82	10	0	8	0	0	0	18.2	16	13	10	1	7	2	8	2	0	0	81	90	1.232	7.7	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.14
16		Mark Fidrych	24	0	3	.000	10.43	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	23	17	17	3	9	2	5	1	0	0	73	42	2.182	14.1	1.8	5.5	3.1	0.56
17		Fernando Arroyo	27	1	1	.500	8.25	6	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	17	11	11	3	4	2	7	0	0	0	57	53	1.750	12.8	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.75
		Team Totals	26.4	84	76	.525	4.28	161	160	135	25	2	37	1423.1	1429	738	677	167	547	56	802	48	4	51	6111	102	1.388	9.0	1.1	3.5	5.1	1.47
		Rank in 14 AL teams		6	9		8				14	13	2	12	4	7	8	14	8		10116
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Fernando Arroyo	27	6	0	12.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									2.25	0.50						P
Steve Baker	22	21	12	84.0	11	3	8	0	1	1.000									1.18	0.52						P
Jack Billingham	36	35	19	158.0	29	6	21	2	3	.931									1.54	0.77						P
Tom Brookens	25	62	55	473.0	228	76	141	11	21	.952	6.5	16.5	5.5	2.6	2.9		1		4.13	3.50						3B-2B-DH
Sheldon Burnside	24	10	0	21.1	4	0	4	0	1	1.000									1.69	0.40						P
Mike Chris	21	13	8	39.0	9	1	8	0	0	1.000									2.08	0.69						P
Tim Corcoran	26	16	4	52.0	47	45	2	0	2	1.000	2.6	60.0	2.6	-0.4	3.0	0	0		8.13	2.94						1B-RF-LF-DH
Mark Fidrych	24	4	4	14.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000									1.84	0.75						P
Kirk Gibson	22	10	8	83.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7	-10.1	-0.7	-0.1	-0.6	0			1.63	1.50						LF-RF-CF
Dan Gonzales	25	4	3	26.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-4.6	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0			1.04	0.75						RF-DH
Al Greene	24	20	3	29.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.4	99.3	2.4	1.6	0.8	0			4.34	0.70						LF-RF-DH
John Hiller	36	43	0	79.1	14	4	10	0	0	1.000									1.59	0.33						P
Lynn Jones	26	93	52	512.2	151	145	3	3	1	.980	0.4	0.9	1.4	-0.8	2.2	-1			2.60	1.59						CF-RF-LF-DH
Steve Kemp	24	131	117	1044.1	248	230	12	6	2	.976	-3.0	-3.4	-4.0	-0.1	-3.9	1			2.09	1.85						LF-RF-DH
Ron LeFlore	31	147	112	938.1	302	292	6	4	3	.987	-5.7	-7.3	-0.7	-5.9	5.2	-5			2.86	2.03						CF-DH
Aurelio Lopez	30	61	0	127.0	25	9	15	1	1	.960									1.70	0.39						P
Dave Machemer	28	13	8	76.0	39	18	20	1	6	.974	-0.1	-1.6	-0.1	-1.0	0.9	0	0		4.50	2.92						2B-LF-DH
Phil Mankowski	26	37	22	226.0	81	22	56	3	6	.963	1.5	8.0	1.5	2.5	-1.1		0		3.11	2.11						3B-DH
Milt May	28	5	2	25.0	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	-1.0	-48.0						-1	7.20	4.00	0	1	5	0	0%	C
Jerry Morales	30	134	106	958.0	208	201	5	2	2	.990	-12.7	-15.9	-6.7	-8.2	1.6	-6			1.94	1.54						RF-CF-LF-DH
Jack Morris	24	28	27	197.2	39	14	23	2	3	.949									1.68	1.32						P-DH
Lance Parrish	23	142	135	1178.1	795	707	79	9	10	.989	8.0	8.1						8	6.00	5.54	21	38	69	57	45%	C
Rick Peters	23	9	3	24.0	6	4	0	2	0	.667	-0.8	-40.0	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	0	0		1.50	0.44						3B-LF-2B-DH
Dan Petry	20	15	15	98.0	22	9	11	2	0	.909									1.84	1.33						P
Ed Putman	25	21	8	100.0	83	75	7	1	5	.988	-0.8	-9.6	0.2	-0.3	0.5		0	-1	7.38	3.90	1	3	5	2	29%	C-1B
Bruce Robbins	19	10	8	46.0	6	1	5	0	1	1.000									1.17	0.60						P
Aurelio Rodriguez	31	107	97	842.0	296	72	211	13	23	.956	3.2	4.6	3.2	1.8	1.4		0		3.02	2.64						3B-1B
Dave Rozema	22	16	16	97.1	25	7	17	1	1	.960									2.22	1.50						P
Rusty Staub	35	66																		0.00						DH
Dave Stegman	25	12	10	89.0	37	37	0	0	0	1.000	4.2	56.6	4.2	0.8	3.4	0			3.74	3.08						CF-RF
Champ Summers	33	83	62	525.2	117	112	4	1	1	.991	-7.2	-16.4	-7.2	-1.2	-6.0	0	0		1.99	1.40						RF-1B-LF-DH
Bruce Taylor	26	10	0	18.2	6	2	3	1	1	.833									2.41	0.50						P
Jason Thompson	24	142	128	1157.1	1275	1176	91	8	135	.994	3.8	3.9	2.8	0.1	2.6		1		9.85	8.92						1B-DH
Dave Tobik	26	37	0	68.2	10	5	5	0	1	1.000									1.31	0.27						P
Alan Trammell	21	142	138	1182.1	659	245	388	26	99	.961	-10.7	-10.9	-11.7	-7.2	-4.5		1		4.82	4.46						SS
Pat Underwood	22	27	15	121.2	17	1	15	1	0	.941									1.18	0.59						P
Mark Wagner	25	73	44	444.1	242	88	146	8	28	.967	-0.6	-1.6	-0.6	0.5	-1.1		0		4.74	3.21						SS-2B-3B-DH
Lou Whitaker	22	126	114	1017.1	658	280	369	9	103	.986	8.7	10.3	5.7	-1.6	7.3		3		5.74	5.15						2B
Milt Wilcox	29	33	29	196.1	51	10	41	0	7	1.000									2.34	1.55						P
John Wockenfuss	30	75	49	383.0	347	318	26	3	22	.991	-4.3	-13.5	-1.3	-0.8	-0.5	0	0	-3	8.08	4.59	2	9	18	6	25%	1B-C-LF-RF-DH
Kip Young	24	13	7	43.2	13	3	10	0	0	1.000									2.68	1.00						P
Team Totals	26.7	161	1440	12810.0	6157	4270	1767	120	489	.981	-6.4	-0.6	-4.4	-16.9	12.4	-11	6	3	4.24	2.96	24	51	97	65	40%
Rank in 14 AL teams								14	3	2
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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